Thailand

A twelve night fully guided tour of what many consider to be the most beautiful and exciting climbing destination in the world. Designed to give you a good flavor of what south East Asia has to offer;

 

For close to thirty years Thailand has been the tropical sport climbing destination of choice. This is where it all began the first of the exotic, Far East climbing destinations and still considered by many to be the best!

 

Southern Thailand is a must visit destination for any sport climber with a sense of adventure and an interest in experiencing other cultures. Koh Phi Phi then Railay and Tonsai is where it all began comprising remote islands and peninsulas cut off by imposing limestone cliffs and dense jungle making the approach often only possible by boat. Thailand is a climbing paradise consisting of classic three dimensional climbing on pocketed limestone walls, towers and caves often dripping in tufa's and flow-stone formations.

 

Many climbs begin straight from golden sandy Beach's or directly out of the ocean requiring a traditional long tail boat or kayak approach. The jungle crags could have you rubbing shoulders with monkeys, gibbons or monitor lizard's and it is not uncommon to spot dolphins, sea eagles, King fisher’s, turtles or flying fish while gazing down from belay ledges on multi pitch routes or during boat trips between the many islands.

 

New for 2013 Rock & Sun will be running a trip during the month of August. Although this is in the middle of the monsoon season local knowledge suggests that the monsoon season in the south of the country is no longer as reliable as it use to be. The rains tend to be more in keeping with what you might expect in December and January which is in the main predictable heavy showers often only lasting a few hours making it possible to plan your day around them. So if only having free time in the summer has prevented you from booking on to this trip of a life time now you can.